IMAGING OF AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2008.15.04.2920Keywords:
Ambiguous Genitalia Ultrasound, MRI,, Testis,, Uterus.Abstract
Objective: To establish the role of imaging in Ambiguous Genitalia. Period: June 2006 to June 2008. Place: Radiology
Department, Mayo Hospital, Lahore and Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Patients and Methods:12 cases referred to us with Ambiguous Genitalia
were taken and evaluated with Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Results: Following findings were observed, incomplete scrotal
fusion with Ambiguous genitalia was observed in 41.7% infants. Whereas testis were localized in 33.3% by ultrasound & remaining by MRI.
Imaging diagnosed that 66.7% were male & remaining female. Lab tests and surgical evidence prove that imaging results were in agreement.
Conclusion: Imaging has a conclusive role in Ambiguous Genitalia and Ultrasound is the first modality to look for Internal Genitalia